2246 Spanish Proverbs / Page 50
981.
If you would have the dog follow you, give him bread.982.
If you would live healthy, be old early.983.
If you would live in health, grow old early.984.
If you would make a thief honest, trust him.985.
If youhave the moon, ignore the stars.986.
If your enemy is up to his waist in water, give him your hand; if the water reaches his shoulders, stand on his head.987.
If your roof is made of glass, don't throw stones at your neighbor's house.988.
If your wife tells you to throw yourself off a cliff, pray to God that it is a low one.989.
Ill luck enters by fathoms and departs by inches.990.
Ill weeds are not hurt by frost.991.
Ill-luck upon ill-luck, and a stone for a pillow.992.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.993.
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.994.
In a choice between bad company and loneliness -- the second is preferable.995.
In a smith's house the knife is wooden.996.
In a soap maker's house, a person who doesn't fall, slips.997.
In a wood don't walk behind another.998.
In for a penny, in for a pound.999.
In frosty weather a nail is worth a horse.1000.
In hunting and in love you begin when you like and leave off when you can.